Telegram-herald., 1887-01-24

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Gen Boynton next refers 10 the
spi-cde 0f General Grsnt's being "iost
.-ef tle la-l-e a. II. Doneisoai sad sdy 3
LllIelk has been wrongly blamed log re-
oortfne rhs fscs and that he really sagei
Gr1nE from arrest alt c0art martial aud
ha.ieck ais5 relrained from reporting the
ae8s- mentioned river cps Ole oA- of kiud-
a-.s % Grant Afer Grant was assigned
- command Of al the armies Cen smith
- I.rmtl Eawl18 several times that cer ain
.lteef5. c.8srary 90 kAwlns personal
.-. --s,s We-- rncoursEius or temp1ns
Grant - dr.nk wlfl tlem. Eawllns wrote
-.-.ll ult.r date Oi June -. lo3t, As iol-
.ae
-HEAUQr Alrsa- oF rHE AE,fr 0r IHE U. :.
tlr Point. NA A., June ~. l.oi- j
DEAa 0ayEaaL Your kind uO-e " tlls
date in regard % the General while al your
head4uarfers yesterday Is received. am
rlalkill ID you for your friendly fore
thought and the interest manifested in his
behalf. yer us only what one knowing your
f-en dsnip Tor him might have expected.
Beng thus timely advised of the slippery
ground be IS on, I shall not fail % use my
utmost endeav0rs % stay him from falling.
Your application for a leave Ot absence
viii De presented % the General for hi5 "a
y1rsbie consideration. I can assure v0u.
however. be will be loath To part with you
from The teid even for few days.
Your friend
JoHS y. RAwIINs.'
B0vnt0n adds. "At that time General
Rut.er was trying 10 secure the removal or
General smith ia these efforts be had the
active sssis- -ance of those staff officers who
were ilcensed a. The report which General
Smith bad n;ste 20 General Raw Wins.
Without referring even remotely % that
maiter they made i9-idiOus arguments IN
favor Of the relief OF General smith, and
on the 10Th Of July, a date suspiclously ly
near rha. 0i the a0ove letter and IN viola
ton OF the confidence which That letter ln-
diated on tne part OF General Grant TIA,
able officer was relieved.
cen. B0vnton next gives theletter of Gen.
Smith tO Senator Foot, ot Vermont, arsady
published. dated July %, l-54 III when
smith SAYS that Grant assured nlm that ne
would put him m command IN place OF
Ba-ier. chat Butler about the same sine
saw Grant under the influence Of liquor IN
-ritus presence, and that he after
warl had p-vate conference with
Grant. after which Grant told smith that
owing ~ his criticisms Of Meade and Han
coc< be had decided 10 relieve him from
command General Smith expresses the
belief that Butler threatened Grant with
exposure ~ bis inteu perluce il he carried
olt tae plan of removing Butler and put
tinr smith in command. and that there
ua0n Grant invented excuses 10 avoid car
r lr our Lis prom se 20 smith.
This letter closes General BOynt0n arti-
Gle.